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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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